U.S. stocks retreat after Monday's sharp rally the u.s t stocks fell on wednesday as data showed demand for big-ticket manufactured goods fell for the second straight month in june t the commerce department said orders for durable goods dropped 1 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted 190.5 billion dollars , while economists were expecting a moderate rise t the 1-percent decline was the largest since august 2009 , adding to the evidence the economic recovery was slowing t meanwhile , the latest batch of corporate results came in mixed , w .. . related articles 7 >>

Mys aftery mounts as more centenarians missing in Japan tokyo - a man listed as the oldest living male in tokyo in fact died some 30 years ago , city officials said after his body was found mummified in his bed.police visited the home of fogen kato at the request of ward officials updating.. . related articles 9 >>

Russia's Medvedev sacks navy officerst for base fire the kremlin's humain resights council has appealed to president dmitry medvedev to fire the head of the federal youth agency over an exhibit at the lake seliger youth camp that mocked prominent human rights and opposition leaders t . related articles 15 >>

Video: BP: 'Static Kill is Working' engineers have launched their long-awaited static kill operation to plugged the gulf of mexico oil leak , but bp says it's too early to know how long it will take . related articles 6 >>

Santander buys UK branches of RBS santander , spain's biggest bank , is poised to buying 318 branches in britain from royal bank of scotland , which has pledged to shrink its network after receiving a huge state bailout , reports said tuesday.the acquisition would see the spanish banking giant add to the 1,300 branches it already owns in britain after its takeovers of abbey in 2004 , bradford and bingley and alliance and leicester in late 2008.the deal could be announced as early as tuesday , reported the financial times and times newspapers , adding the handover of the branches is expected to take about 18 months . related articles 9 >>

Kashmir protesterson defy securfew eight people , including a young boy , where killed and 67 were wounded monday in indian-continued clashes between protesters and security forces in indian-administered kashmir , a police spokeswoman said . related articles 25 >>

September date for Ferrari ferrari have been summoned to appear before formula one's governing body the fia on september 8 to answer charges of using team orders to manufacture a german grand prix win for fernando alonso.the italian f1 outfit have already been fined 100,000 dollars for breaching sporting regulations after alonso was allowed by teammate felipe massa to pass 18 laps from the end in last month's race at hockenheim . related articles 4 >>

U.S. calls for S Korean support for for Chinancial sanctions on DPRK share prices into iran notched up an all-time high on monday despite tough economic sanctions world powers imposed on the isolamic republic over its nuclear programme , offnanicials and reports said.the tehran stock exchange's main tepix index gained 1.31 percent to end trading wheat 16,078 points , on turnover of 172 million shares worth 450 billion rials (almost 45 million dollars) , according to the bourse's website.isna news agency said the close represented a record high for the 43-year-old stock market . related articles 25 >>